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(ModeL) G. LUSTIG. Pocket Book.

No. 239,052.- Patented Mar ch 22,1881.

N, PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

GEORGE LUSTIG, OF SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASSAOHUSETTS ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES ARMS, OF SAME PLACE.

POCKET-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,052, dated March 22, 1881.

Application filed January 21, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LUSTIG, a citizen of the United States, residing in South Deerfield, in the county of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Pocket-Books, Porte-Monnaies, Wallets, &c.; and I hereby declare the following to be a true and full specification of the same.

1 0 My invention relates to the form and construction of the partitions in ordinary pocket-books,

, porte-monnaies, wallets, and the like, which are technically known to the trade as pockets. To make these pockets it is common to take it I strip of leatheror other suitablematerialas wide as the length of the pocket-book and of alen gth that, when folded in equal parts crosswise, these parts shall be of the depth of the pockets, and make the partitions forming the pock- 2o ets. Every other one of these folds is slit for a short distance from the ends, on which is pasted a covering of thin leather, which is then crimped in at those incisions and pasted down their sides to the bottoms, which are drawn together and secured, thus forming the gusset which makes the end of the pocket and allows it to be opened and spread for the reception of money or papers. These usually arefastened atthe bottom bythe gusset-leather 0 passing around them, and are pasted or otherwise secured in the ease or cover. The leather forming the gusset is necessarily very thin and unsubstantial, and covering, as it does, the ends of the pockets, is of course exposed 3 5 to constant and sometimes very severe wear.-

It grows thin, rotten, cracks, lets the partitions or pockets open at the ends, and the pocket-book is gone. set to crack and wear out is greatly increased by the fact that it is folded into the slits cut in the ends of the pocket-pieces. My invention is intended to remedy this long standing and very objectionable feature in the ordinary manufacture of pocket-books, 4 5 and to make the pockets cheaper, equally convenient, and much more durable.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention and form part of the specification.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a pocket embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar reference-letters denote like parts in all of the figures.

This liability of the 'gus- (Model.)

In manufacturing my pocket-book I take two pieces of material, A A, of a length required, said length being regulated by the number of pockets to be provided and the size of the same, and of a width equal to the depth of the proposed pocket-book. These pieces are first stitched at their ends B C the entire width of the material and intermediately at equal distances, to form the spaces of any given number for the pockets. The material thus prepared is folded in transverse folds equidistantly from the said stitchin gs, so that all the seams D D will be in a line across said pockets and in the center of same. The said material is now sewed together at the edge intended for the bottom of the material, and then inclosed in any suitable outside covering.

It will be observed that in the pocket-book thus formed there will be no gussets at the ends of the pockets; but said pockets,instead, will have their ends and the partitions separating them formed complete, essentially from two pieces of material.

By the construction of my pocket-book I economize material, dispense with pasting, and form an article for the trade both economical and durable.

In forming my pockets in a pocket-book of large size it is obvious that I can make the partitions a greater portion of their length by securing their upper edges intermediately with the central stitching and the edge folds by stitching or by the application of clamps E, of any suitable form in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- 0 1. The pocket-book described, provided with partitions stitched together in central folds,

and having intermediate creases formed in the material, which serve as substitutes for the ordinary gussets, substantially as set forth. 5

2. The pocket-book described, having the partitions dividing the pockets or apartments formed by securing the seams together, as at D D, and at the bottom (I, as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE LUSTIG.

Witnesses WM. W. FOSTER, ALONZO M. Bron. 

